Arabian Nights
August 29th 2011 For my first full day in Egypt I signed up for some trips (Pyramids, Old Cairo, Islamic Cairo, Alexandria, and Fayoum) and spent the better part of the morning and afternoon going to the last day of lectures for orientation. The lectures dealt with topics like security in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt and how to combat homesickness. Afterwards they gave us food, Koshary, a famous Egyptian dish. I p
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